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cans

noun

Meaning

  1. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
  2. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
  3. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
  4. A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
  5. Buttocks.
  6. Jail or prison.
  7. To seal in a can.
  8. To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
  9. To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
  10. To shut up.
  11. To fire or dismiss an employee.
  12. To hole the ball.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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